Mary Magdalen and the mendicants
The preaching of penance in the late Middle Ages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11891995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine L Jansen (Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0304-4181(94)00762-q |
| OpenAlex | W1988493450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
This essay examines de sanctis sermons written to commemorate the feast day of Saint Mary Magdalen in order to extract the social meaning of penance in the late Middle Ages. Since sermons were the ‘mass media’ of the day, they provide a glimpse into how the obligation of penance was presented by preachers, mostly friars, in the later medieval period. Through an analysis of what the friars preached about Mary Magdalen - the paradigmatic penitential saint - light can be thrown on how the reformulation of the sacrament of penance at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 helped to rejuvenate the cult of the Magdalen and how, in turn, the saint came to represent the sacrament of penance in the late medieval period
Ancient history · Middle Ages · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Medieval Literature and History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |